Distribution analysis, updated checklist, and DNA barcodes of the endemic vascular flora of the Altai mountains, a Siberian biodiversity hotspot
Year: 2022
Type: article
Abstract: A.S. Erst12* , A.YU. Nikulin3 , V.YU. Nikulin3 , A.L. Ebel24 , E.V. Zibzeev1 , M.T. Sharples5* , S. Baasanmunkh6 , Hyeok JAE Choi6 , M.V. Olonova2 , A.I. Pyak24 , I.I. Gureyeva2 , T.V. Erst7 , A. Kechaykin8 , A. Luferov9 , S. YU. Maltseva10 , M. Nobis11 , L. Lian12 & W. Wang12* 1 Central Siberian Botanical Garden, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia2 Laboratory of the Herbarium, Tomsk State University, Tomsk, Russia3 Federal Scientific Center of the East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok, 690022, Russia4 Research Organization Department, Tuvan State University, 36 Lenin St., Kyzyl, 667000, Republic of Tuva, Russia5 Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, 80309, Colorado, USA6 Department of Biology and Chemistry, Changwon National University, Changwon, 51140, South Korea7 Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia8 South-Siberian Botanical Garden, Altai State University, pr. Lenina, 61, Barnaul, 656049, Russia9 Federal State Autonomous Educational Institution of Higher Education I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State, Medical University of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, 8 Izmailovsky Ave, Moscow, 105043, Russia10 Laboratory of Molecular Systematics of Aquatic Plants, К.А. Timiryazev Institute of Plant Physiology RAS, IPP RAS, Moscow, Russia11 Department of Taxonomy, Phytogeography and Palaeobotany, Institute of Botany, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland12 Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Beijing, 100093, ChinaCorrespondence to: M. T. Sharples. E-mail: [email protected] A.S. Erst. E-mail: [email protected] W. Wang. E-mail: [email protected] Altai Mountains of central Asia are biologically rich and comprise a wide diversity of ecosystems and lineages, including numerous endemic vascular plant species. Here we provide an updated checklist of the endemic vascular flora of the Altai Mountains with more taxa and higher geographic resolution than previously reported, as well as first molecular data and specimen images for many of these species. This flora is now known to contain 321 endemic species distributed in 34 families, many of which are narrowly restricted to one subregion of the Altai. The Fabaceae has given rise to the most endemic species in the Altai (74 spp.), and most of this diversity is found in the large and ecologically important genera Astragalus and Oxytropis. Approximately 60% of the endemic flora was imaged and successfully barcoded with at least one of three common DNA barcoding loci, and a phylogenetic tree based upon these loci is also presented to display the evolutionary breadth of endemism in the Altai. The distribution of each endemic species is presented in terms of a standard geographic subdivision of the Altai region, with general conservation priorities discussed based on areas currently afforded protected status.
Source: Systematics and Biodiversity
Institutions: Russian Academy of Sciences, National Research Tomsk State University, Central Siberian Botanical Garden, Federal Scientific Center of the East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity FEB RAS, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Tuvan State University, University of Colorado Boulder, Changwon National University, Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Altai State University, Sechenov University, Timiryazev Institute of Plant Physiology, Jagiellonian University, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Botany, State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany
Language: English
Subfield: Plant Science
Domain: Life Sciences
SDG: Life on land
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W4281296098